TOKYO — Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant is struggling to find space to store tens of thousands of tons of highly contaminated water used to cool the broken reactors, the manager of the water treatment team said.

About 200,000 tons of radioactive water—enough to fill more than 50 Olympic-sized swimming pools—are being stored in hundreds of gigantic tanks built around the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Operator Tokyo Electric Power Co has already chopped down trees to make room for more tanks and predicts the volume of water will more than triple within three years. [link to www.japantoday.com] .

TOKYO — Japanese engineering giant Hitachi is set to buy Horizon, a joint venture planning to build nuclear reactors in Britain, in a deal valued at 50 billion yen ($628 million), reports said Saturday.

The Japanese firm has nearly finalised an agreement with the firm’s German owners, RWE and E.ON, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said without citing sources.

Hitachi is seeking to expand its nuclear power business overseas after the Fukushima nuclear accident last year effectively wiped out demand for new reactors in Japan, Kyodo News said.

Hitachi has teamed up with Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin to make the bid, which is said to be stronger than a rival bid by U.S.-based Westinghouse, controlled by Japan’s Toshiba, the Nikkei newspaper said. [link to www.japantoday.com] .

Technical support for US nuclear projectChina is to provide technical support for the first time in the building of a third-generation nuclear power plant in the United States.

State Nuclear Power Technology Corp Ltd said on Friday that it had signed a technical support service contract with Shaw Power Group related to the building of the Vogtle AP1000 project in Georgia, the first new reactor approved by the US government in nearly 30 years.

The cooperation involves sending Chinese employees to the project over the next four years, with the first batch of six people expected to include planners and electrical engineers, all experienced in building AP1000 projects, commonly known as third-generation reactors.

Shaw Group, together with Westinghouse Co, will be responsible for the design, supply and technical support in building reactors No 3 and No 4 at Vogtle, which were approved in February. [link to www.chinadaily.com.cn] .

Ohi plant operator: Seam may not be active faultAn electric utility in western Japan will submit its interim report this week on whether the Ohi nuclear power station sits atop an active earthquake fault.

The Japanese government ordered Kansai Electric Power Company to conduct a geological survey at the nation's only on-line nuclear plant.

The company is expected to submit its report to the Nuclear Regulation Authority as early as Wednesday. It will say the underground seam beneath the plant may not be an active fault that could result in an earthquake. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] .

Nuclear Reactors Await Hurricane SandyAmong the various immobile pieces of infrastructure in the path of the East Coast hurricane are around 20 nuclear reactors, from Calvert Cliffs in southern Maryland to Pilgrim in Plymouth, Mass., and Vermont Yankee, just north of the Massachusetts line in Vernon, Vt. But the industry and regulatory officials say that this is an anticipated challenge.

At the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s mid-Atlantic office in King of Prussia, Pa., Diane Screnci, a spokeswoman, said that reactors in the region have undertaken routine preparations. “They all have severe weather procedures,’’ she said. “They’ve gone through their procedures, making sure they have appropriate staff able to be on site, and that anything that’s outside is fastened down.’’ [link to green.blogs.nytimes.com] .

NRC Monitors Nuclear Plants in Hurricane’s Projected PathNuclear reactors in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast are being monitored for potential impacts by Hurricane Sandy, a Category 1 storm that may strike anywhere from Delaware to southern New England.

“Because of the size of it, we could see an impact to coastal and inland plants,” Neil Sheehan, a spokesman based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said by phone. “We will station inspectors at the sites if we know they could be directly impacted.” [link to www.bloomberg.com] .

The Millstone Power Station in Waterford, located on Long Island Sound, is closely monitoring the storm and has been installing flood barriers around the plant in case the storm surge is higher than anticipated, Ken Holt, spokesman for Millstone owner Dominion, said Sunday.

The Unit 2 nuclear reactor at the plant is shut down for routine refueling, but Unit 3 is expected to continue operating through the storm, he said.

"There does not appear to be a need at this time to take it off line," he said. "But we are watching the storm track closely." [link to www.theday.com] .

GLP's best Fuku thread: Thread: *** Fukushima *** and other nuclear-----updates and linkstwitter: #citizenperth“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on it, I would use the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I knew the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.”- Albert Einstein

GLP's best Fuku thread: Thread: *** Fukushima *** and other nuclear-----updates and linkstwitter: #citizenperth“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on it, I would use the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I knew the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.”- Albert Einstein

have either of you, or anyone, heard anything about the common fuel pool condition -the only info i can remember was sometime after the incident they were spraying water on/in the building (end march'11?) thats 'the elephant in the room' imo, 6000+ spent units in there arent there -its packed out. -make the meltdowns irrelevant like : /hope any you guys on east coast are ok. love out to ya, rawpaul

GLP's best Fuku thread: Thread: *** Fukushima *** and other nuclear-----updates and linkstwitter: #citizenperth“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on it, I would use the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I knew the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.”- Albert Einstein

Why not, the People there need Hot Waterand they need a Place that remind themof the good old Times which not come backso soon!

This Place is only for:

For the time being, only the Naraha residents and the town's decontamination workers will be eligible to use the facility, which overlooks the Pacific Ocean from its perch on Cape Tenjin.

Source is the orginal Article!

Quoting: the mighty Atom

because not all beautiful places are irradiated to the point of destruction

you go there.. you die..make a choice?...

period........

showing true colours again atom.........

Quoting: citizenperth

I have nothing to hide, you Fraggel!

We know already a lot about Radiation and we know the dangerous as well as the harmless Levels!

That Space/ Location is in a spot where we are not allowedto stay for example Overnight but this do not mean thatthe People who are working there should not have a Showeror a place to rest after a Meal!

By the Way many Onsen emit a lot of Radiationand spec. the old People love it because it helpthem with their rheumatic Diseases!

Why not, the People there need Hot Waterand they need a Place that remind themof the good old Times which not come backso soon!

This Place is only for:

For the time being, only the Naraha residents and the town's decontamination workers will be eligible to use the facility, which overlooks the Pacific Ocean from its perch on Cape Tenjin.

Source is the orginal Article!

Quoting: the mighty Atom

because not all beautiful places are irradiated to the point of destruction

you go there.. you die..make a choice?...

period........

showing true colours again atom.........

Quoting: citizenperth

I have nothing to hide, you Fraggel!

We know already a lot about Radiation and we know the dangerous as well as the harmless Levels!

That Space/ Location is in a spot where we are not allowedto stay for example Overnight but this do not mean thatthe People who are working there should not have a Showeror a place to rest after a Meal!

By the Way many Onsen emit a lot of Radiationand spec. the old People love it because it helpthem with their rheumatic Diseases!

The Olympic Games 2020 will be in Tokyo and northern Japan!

Quoting: the mighty Atom

yeah, we know, by then it won't matter.. get the 12 year olds out in fukushima for practice min-olympics... my god.....

you fool no one and lie only to yourself and a dwindling pack of idiot supporters.....

as usual you fail to support with documentation or links.... therefore you argument, as usual, is moot....

GLP's best Fuku thread: Thread: *** Fukushima *** and other nuclear-----updates and linkstwitter: #citizenperth“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on it, I would use the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I knew the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.”- Albert Einstein